Adjustable stand for hair-waving apparatus



Dec. 9, 1924. 1,518,227

I... B. SIMONSON ADJUSTABLE STAND FOR HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed July 13, 1925 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO B. SIMONSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE STAND F OR HAIR-WAVING APPARATUS.

Application filed July 13, 1923.

and in'iproved type of portable hair waving .machine characterized by simplicity of construction and ease of operation.

For further coi'nprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings,

and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is av side elevation with parts in vertical section of my improvedportable hail-waving machine.

Fig. 2 a plan view of the head thereof.

F 3 is a like view but showing a modified form of head.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the supporting post, showing particularly the means for adjusting the counterwe-i ght Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of the supporting post, this view being taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

F ig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, my improved machine comprises a base 10 which may be mounted on caster rollers 11 to facilitate moving the machine about the establishment. Upon this base is fixed a tubular member 12 which forms the lower section of a telescopic post for supporting the head that carries the electrically heated curlers. The upper section of this post is in the form of a tubular member 13 of smaller size than. the member 12 and fitting at its lower end intothe latter.

(in the upper end of this top post section is fixed the head 15 which carries the curlers. This head may be in the form of a rectangular frame as shown in Fig. 2 or it may be of oval shape as shown in Fig. 3 and the connection to the post is made at one side of Serial N0. 651,281.

the head so that the latter willextend above the person whose hair is being waved, the latter being seated in a chair such as indicated at C. Depending from the head are the usual curling elements 16 which'are electrically heated in the ordinary manner, the current being supplied through a cable 17 which leads into one side of the head. The

head 15 carries a. suitable number of small counterweights, indicated at 19, for the curlers 16.

The top post section 13 is adapted to be adjusted vertically to bring the head 15 into proper relation to the head of the person sitting in the chair C, and to this end an annular counterweight 21 surrounds thelower post section 12 and has connected thereto the ropes 22 which lead upwardly therefrom and pass around pulleys 23 mounted in suitable slotted apertures 24 near the top of the said section, the ropes lea-ding downward in the top section 13 to connect to a cap 25 on the bottom end thereof. Vertical slots 26 are formed in the sides of the top post section 13 to accommod-ate the pulleys 23 and to permit of the;

ropes entering into said top section. The engagement of the pulleys in the slots 26 also acts to prevent the top section 13 from turning.

Formed in each side of the lower post section are zig-zag grooves such as 30 which, considered. as a whole extend up and down said post. At the apical points of this groove are pivoted the triangular fingers 31 which have resilient tailpieces 32 which en gage in recesses 33 in the member 12 and normally retain the fingers in the position shown in Fig. 5. Into the grooves 30 project rollers such 36 carried on the ends of pins such as 37 which are radially slidable in the counterweight 21 and are normally pressed inward to keep the rollers 36 in engagement with the said grooves, by means of expansion springs such as 38 coiled around the pins. Pivoted as at 39 to the outer ends of these pins 37 are handles 40 having cam extensions 41 which normally lie along the face of the counterweight. The counterweight 21 may slightly overbalance the weight of the head 15 and when the latter is to be lowered the counterweight is grasped and given an oscillatory movement on the post section 12, causing the rollers 36 to ride up the: grooves 30 and so raise the weight and allow the head to drop to the desired position.

As the rollers move along the grooves they raise the fingers 31 which drop behind them to form a support as the counterweight oscillates in an opposite direction.

When the head 15 is to be raised the handles are swung to cause the cams ll to bear on the sides of the counterweight 21 and pull the pins 37 outward, withdrawing the rollers 36 from the grooves 30, and allowing the counterweight to descend and raise the head 15, collar being fixed on the post section 12 to limit the downward movement of the counterweight.

As. will be apparent from the above description, I have provided asimple and convenient form of portable hair wavin machine of simple construction and capable of easy operation.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent ot the United States is as follows:

1. In a portable hair waving machine, a base, a post made up of upper and lower elements, the upper element telescoping into the lower one, a counterweight in the form of a ring surrounding the lower post section,

ropes leading from said counterweight to base, a post made up of upper and lower elements, the upper element telescoping into the lower one, a counterweight in the form of a ring surrounding the lower post section, ropes leading from said counterweight to connect to the upper post section, said lower post section being formed with zig-zag grooves extending up the sides thereof, and pins carried by the counterweight. adapted to engage in the said grooves, springs urging said pins into the said rooves, and means for withdrawing said pins from the said grooves.

8. In a portable hair waving machine, a

base, a post made up of upper and lower elements, the upper element telescoping into the lower one, a counterweight in the form of a ring surrounding the lower post section, ropes leading from said counterweight to connect to the upper post section, said lower post section being formed with zig-zaw grooves extending up the sides thereof, :lllt' pins carried by the counterweight adapted to engage in the said grooves, Springs urging said pins into the said grooves, and means for withdrawing said pins from the said grooves, said means comprising handle elements pivotally attached to the said pins and having cam elements formed thereon adapted to bear on the face of the said counterweight when the handles are swung in one direction.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

LEO B. SIMONSON. 

